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1. A NEUTRONIC REACTOR WHICH COMPRISES A MODERATOR OF GRAPHITE AND NATURAL URANIUM RODS DISPOSED IN A GEOMETRIC PATTERN THEREIN, THE SIZE OF THE RODS AND THE VOLUME RATIO OF MODERATOR TO URANIUM BEING WITHIN THE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY THE K=1.00 CURVE OF FIGURE 3, THE PURITY OF THE GRAPHITE AND THE URANIUM AND THE TOTAL MASS THEREOF BEING SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CHAIN REACTION. 